Corset and corselet



Oct. 7, 1930. e. F. HALL.

CORSET AND CORSELET 2 Sheets-Sheet l Filed Oct. 27. 1926 7, 1930. B. F. HALL.

CORSET AND CORSELET 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Oct. 27, 1926 INVENTOR m54 @#a /z E BY m ATTORN l bined adjusting the device tothe form. The sk1rt- 4 up on `the body.`

`protecting thefastener sli e purposes, the tape 12 and Patented Oct. 7, 1930 aLANcHE r. BALT., or KANSAS cITY, Irssounr coneau: AND coasELa'r Application med october 27, 192e'. serial in.

The invention yrelates to a corset andv cory selet and embodies certain features which Vare each in themselves ofadvantage to the user. A proper method of reinforcement 1s comwith fastening means and methods of extension gives a straight line and eliminates the curveover the large partof the thigh and helps to keep the arment in place and also eliminates the tenrencyof the corset topush The tape at the ends of the stay is to protect the material from the stay and the extension from one stay to the other reinforces the material .against stretching. 5 The back o ening is a means of flattening the lines o `the backbelow the waist line, the closing being made by a manipulation from the lower part of the waist downwardly. The front or side openings are manipulated from the lower partof the arment up raising the or ans of the bod 1nto their proper places. Tiese and other istinct advantages will bc discussed in the descriptionof the device. u

In the' drawings, Fig. 1 is a front view of the device. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the device seen in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a fra mentary view of the upper central -portionlo Fig.1 to show the `corset opened part way, and showing the fastener and means for pulling same down and also showing the hook and eye at the top, for holding the corset together when the fastenerslide means has been `moved to the top as in Fig'l. Fig. 4 is an inside view of the corset showing protective webs. for the ends of the stays, `connecting to adjacent webbing strip. Fig. 5 is a section taken along the line 5-5 Fiorl 3 showin the method of `from tearing underwear.` Fig. 6 is asection taken alon the line 6-6 Fig. 4 toshow the ta e aroun a stay. Fi 7 is a fragmentary sidb view of the end ofg a stay 11 as received within a folded cross tape element 15 for protective material 10 being omitted from the drawing. Fig. 8 is a view showing a female ligure on which is dressed a combined corset and brassire or corselet. The downward opening at the upper side disclosed is employed instead of the opening in the back wouldbe similar to that seen in y `stays 11.

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`openin the front seenin Fig. 1, but the openin 'in 1 2. Similar numerals of reference indicatge corresponding partsl throughout all thefigures of the drawings. y

Referring to the drawings; the corset may be of any cloth reinforced by vertical stays such as 11.- The stays 11 are covered as disclosed in Fig.' 4 `by a tape 12 vertically attached to the corset material 10. vThe sta s 6 are at spaced intervals on the inside of t e corset. fInFigs. 1 and 3 will be noted webbing material such as13 employed intermediate anels 10 for the customary uses. The 4 top e ge vof the corset is bound at 14. The y lower ends of the stays are envelo ed at 15` n Fig. 7 b a cross tape which exten s around the inside of the corset from one stay base or lower extremity to another stay base `and to adjacent seams. This tape protects the ends of the stays, it prevents the corset material frombeing punctured by the stays, it eliminates stretchmg of the corset where stretching is not desired. The tape 1 5 as seen `1n Fig. 7 -is folded into a U-shape or so as to receive a stay 11'.

n apron 16` atthe` rear of the corset as seen in 2 drops below the ends of the his extension prevents the corset from hunchingup," it eliminates the curve 8 over the large art of the thigh and assists in preserving the desired effect of the ar- Garters 17 are disclosed fort eir usual uses. This apron is in two parts being separated along the vertical line Joining the points 21 and 22; each part simply drapes as a loose element from the lower portion of the reinforced upper garment portions.

In my invention I em loy ahookless fas-4 tener such for instance fsstener slide means, 9 or a progressive operable hook and eye means. l There are two openings' provided in the garment seen in Figs. 1 and 2, an upper opening extending from the front bottom` oint` 18 to the upper partthereof where is s ow a singlerhook'20 for engaging and securing to thef eye 19 when-the progresslvely operable means has closed the'corset as in Fig. 1: The rear extends from the lower part of the waist ownwardly orpfrom the point 21 to 1 plied force in action durinor as outlined above, distinctly contrary to the closed at 2 Fig. 3 shows a plurality of fasteners 24 alongone'vertical edge and a plurality of fasteners 25 along the op osed vertical edge. These' fasteners'are suita ly fabricated and 'secured' to-the edges o f the garment as in Fig. 5 with the edges of the cloth or other protective means extending as at 26 and 27 to cover the fasteners such as 24 to protect the underwear or body of the wearer. The member 28 is movable up and down in the well understood method of the hookless fastener and serves to occasion a locking engagement of the consecutive elements 24 and 25 with one another to secure a closed relationship of the parts when assembled as in Figs. 1 and 2. Referring to the inside of the garment as disclosed in Fig. 4, it will be noted that the stays 11 extend downwardly from the top band 14 for a distance, or to the cross tape element such as 15. In Fig. 2 it will be noted that the paired stays 11 and 11 extend downwardly from the top band 14ste the concealed band 15 seen in Fig. 4. Between these stayed portions 11 is the panel of the garment which as seen is entirely closed above the point 21 and is susceptible of closing by means of the fastening means from the point 21 to the point 22. The base of the garment at the rear or the apron 16, being divided into two parts by the split opening, is,when again joined together, a smooth fiat element of the garment which, while freely depending below the rest of the garment, is a part of the same material.

The garment is fully opened when placed upon the body, the hook 28 at the front belng lowered to the point 18; the hook 28 at the rear being elevated to the point 21. The wearer first endeavors to raise the organs'of the body upwardly as she raises on the member 28 as in Fig. 3 to close the front opening 18--19 Fig. 1 or the side opening 23 Fig. 8. The next step is to grasp the rear member 28 which would be found at the point 2 1 Fig. 2 and push downwardly upon such member 28 till it closed the utility opening from 21 to 22 or as seen in Fig. 2. It will be noted that a .method or process of body arrangement is here involved since there is a progressively apthe several steps customary momentary stoppage which would necessarily follow if individual corset fastening means were Aem loyed as in the known form of corset manu acture. It will be noted that the utility opening from 21 to 22 is closed the major portion ofthe distance between the stayed and yrigid-part of the corset, while the final closing. of said opening occurs in the center of the lower depending loose apron portion. This makes a more proper fitting garment, while permitting ready release of the utility ortion when necessary for the comp A movements while retaining the figure to desired lines. The back opening 21 to 22 is a utility opening which is manlpulated from below the waist down through the loose depending skirt or apron 16. The depending apron makes it unnecessary to lock the fas tener at the lower edge of the arment. The depending loose skirt 16 aids 1n keeping the garment 1n place on the body, it eliminates the tendency of the garment to push up on the body as the wearer sits upon the depending apron 16. The lacer in the back of the old style corset is a means of tightening the corset; after being located upon the body, its laces were adjusted, tied and left in that position until the wearer either got fatter or thinner, or until the string broke. There was no thought of utility service. The old idea was to coninethe body, but not to release it. By means of the panel spacing intermediatev the paired central stays 11 and l1 in Fig. 2, a soft yielding garment is produced when fitted to the back of the wearer, then when it is desirable to evacuate the bowels, the opening from 22 to 21 is permissable which releases the pressure upon the lower bowels so that nature can take care of natural conditions, since freedom of garment pressure has been secured. Such modifications may be employed as lie within the scope lof the appended claims.

Having fully described my invention what I now claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent is:

A garmentof the class described, comprising a flexible bod provided at the bottom of the back with a tliexible extension projecting below the lower edge of the front of the body and forming a loose de ending apron, said body being provided with a rear ut1lity opening extending upward from the lower edge of the said loose apron through the same to the upper portion of the back of the body, a pair of stays at the rear of the garment extending downwardly from the upper edge thereof and terminating above the loose apron and spaced from the rear utility opening, said stays defining an intervening rear panel closed across the said top portion and divided at the said utility opening, and slide fastener means mechanically operable from the top to .the bottom of the ut1lity opening for progressively closing or opening the same.

BLANCHE F. HALL. 

